The Great and Secret Knowledge

Jeff Richardson
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  • Science Fiction
  • Updated Biweekly

A speculative fiction podcast by Jeff Richardson and friends, in which they dive deeply into the text of a variety of stories from all manner of different media.

  1. Sep 24

    Doctor WhoDis Season One Episode 5 "73 Yards" with Jessie Rye

    In this one, Jeff and Jessie Rye get back to their core competency, Doctor Who! This is about "73 Yards", one of the best Fifteenth Doctor episodes from the WhoDis era, and it barely features the Doctor! Is this the new Blink? Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram   Possible Show Titles A Referendum on Ruby Sunday Just Makin' It Weird Head Canon Accepted Recommendations Wuthering Heights (2026) Promising Young Woman Saltburn Oh Boy Podcast! Spoiled Tomatoes What Went Wrong Podcast Malkia and the Battle for the Moyo Links The War Between the Land and the Sea Faerie stories Ruching German compound words Dungeon Crawler Carl Snow in Wales Colonisation of Wales Doc Martin House renovation in the United Kingdom Product placement and the BBC Christian extremism in rural UK Call the Midwife Queen Victoria and the German Windsors The Banshees of Inisherin Norman castles Welsh castles Pride (2014) Project Hail Mary Arthur C. Clarke's magic science thing Westminster elections system One Nation MAGA Jimmy Saville and Prince Andrew Temperature control in your 40s Hatpin violence Nazi pope Tulpa Juno Dawson on The Guilty Feminist The Shining Star Trek: Voyager Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale Friday Night Lights Skins Mad Max: Fury Road Veronica Mars Beverly Hills: 90210

  2. Sep 24

    Jeff's Report From the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026

    Listen to Jeff report his time in Edinburgh, Scotland, for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026! [Speaking as Jeff, I can say it was a very good time!] Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram     Possible Show Titles   Comments and Compliments The Death of Tim Curry A Comedian of Sorts Recommendations   Ting Lim House of Leaves Not Another Crime Podcast Confessions with Sammy Petersen Links   Zachary Ruane: Comedy Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Mary Oliver Rumi Emily Dickinson Sylvia Plath It  Command and Conquer Rocky Horror Show Frankenstein Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Dru Cripps Dolly Parton Omniversal Escapades Shattered Worlds RPG Star Trek: Enterprise The Odyssey (2026) Spider-Man (2026) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Steve Burns: Alive Billy Kirkwood To-Do Lists by Amy Lever

  3. Sep 11

    Star Trek: TNG Season Two, Episode 11 "Contagion" with Sofia

    Sofia and Jeff discuss this fair-to-middling episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This one is difficult, but the podcast episode is great!      Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Possible Show Titles Wow, I'm Getting Bored All Over Again What is China? Barrels Full of Cyanide Why Are You Saying Obvious Things, Worf? Recommendations Bury the Chains The Count of Monte Cristo Links True Blood Japanese battleship Yamato Star Trek: Section 31 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Tetris The "Discovery" of China Frances Wood and Marco Polo Starship Tempest Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram

  4. Aug 13

    The Prestige, Part 2 with Jessie Rye

    In this episode, Jeff and Jessie continue their discussion of The Prestige. Turns out Angier is a real piece of work! Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Jessie Rye @kosmiccowgirl on Bluesky Possible Show Titles The Regularverse Which Borden is Which? This Whole Movie is About Obsession Get Him! All For Bloody Attention Pour the Champagne on Each Other Recommendations Now You See Me Now You See Me 2 Penn and Teller: Fool Us Riot Women Doctor Who: 10th Doctor Tales Links Netball rules The Club (1980) Rollerball Ready Player One The Hunger Games (film) The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Sunrise on the Reaping Unspoiled! The Hunger Games Juxtaposition Trilogy Space Jam Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters The Legend of Bagger Vance Field of Dreams A Knight's Tale Dude Cinema Edison smear campaign against Tesla The Man in the Iron Mask The Count of Monte Cristo (book/film/tv) Cocktail Penn and Teller: Fool Us  Frasier The Greatest Showman Metropolis The Stanislavski Method Les Misérables Deadpool & Wolverine Logan X3 Matrix Revolutions Outlander The Last of Us standalone episode The Odyssey Circe Pink Floyd - The Wall Lin-Manuel Miranda talking about why he loves wrestling The Greatest Showman Nolan being knighted Back to the Future Days of Future Past A Big Bold Beautiful Journey The Banshees of Inishiran Now You See Me Now You See Me 2 Morgan & West Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Star Trek The Sixth Sense Unbreakable The Usual Suspects  Doctor Who Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Mission: Impossible 2 Magnolia Vanilla Sky Game of Thrones Shutter Island Memento From Hell Fight Club The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) Scream (1996) Deadloch David Tennant magician film

  5. Jul 26

    Star Trek TNG Season Two Episode 10 "The Dauphin" with Sofia

    This is the one where Wesley meets a really cool girl and has his first love go south. Sofia and Jeff get into the artistry and romance of it all. Also, Madchen Amick is in it! Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Possible Show Titles The A**holes You Shall Have With You Always Use the Ladder Because You Are Too in Love Very Not Useful Recommendations Twin Peaks The City in the Middle of the Night Bury the Chains Links Kristi Noem firing Pam Bondi firing Star Trek: The Original Series Genghis Khan Are Swedish moose getting drunk? Abolition of the British slave trade Riverdale

  6. Jul 23

    The Prestige, Part One with Jessie Rye

    In this episode, Jeff and Jessie get into one of Nolan's finest, The Prestige! In Part One of this thrilling two-parter, they tackle subjects as broad ranging as patriarchy, workhouses, Tesla v. Edison (and the US government), Love Island, and more!   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Jessie Rye @kosmiccowgirl on Bluesky Possible Show Titles Not Written By a Woman Recommendations Einstein and Eddington What Went Wrong The Untitled Star Trek Project Riot Women Deadloch Gardens of Evil: Inside the Zion Society Cult Links The Dark Knight Rises Memento Inception Tenet Interstellar Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Star Trek: The Next Generation Jurassic Park Dunkirk Westworld Workhouses Oliver Twist Alex Jae of Dude Cinema Tesla v. Edison stories Empire of the Sun Harry Houdini Arthur Conan Doyle Star Trek: Picard The Nanny Blade Runner Minority Report Naked Lunch Pride and Prejudice Doctor Who Jersey Shore Love Island Albert Hall BBC Proms Quantum Leap (2022) Tesla coil Zero-point energy The Crystal Palace The Bartimaeus Sequence H.H. Holmes Tesla's obsession with pigeons Mildred Pierce The Simpsons Circe

  7. Jul 7

    Star Trek TNG Season Two Episode 9 "The Measure of a Man" with Sofia

    In this episode, Sofia and Jeff get to talking about one of the most important episodes in Star Trek history. Data gets his day in court and we are gonna talk about it! Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Possible Show Titles What is Sentience? Legitimate Salvage Recommendations Automatic Noodle Project: Hail Mary (novel) Links I, Robot A.I. Artificial Intelligence Blade Runner Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Pinocchio The Imperial Radch Trilogy Murderbot Ex Machina Westworld (TV show) Poker dealers' green visors Sonnet 29, William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice Gamechanger (novel) The Magna Carta The Expanse Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Rose - Bette Midler Twin Peaks Twin Peaks: The Return Project: Hail Mary (film)

  8. Jun 23

    BoJack Horseman Season One Episode 1 "The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One" with Jessie Rye

    Jessie and Jeff tackle this incredible, ground-breaking television show! BoJack Horseman is so real and so silly all at the same time. We think you'll love it!   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram   Jessie Rye @kosmiccowgirl on Bluesky Possible Show Titles Addiction is a Health Issue, Not a Crime Kicked in the Snatch Talk About Streaming This Guy's Got Mahernergy Recommendations Heated Rivalry Dude Cinema Maintenance Phase Biggest Loser Documentary Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers What Jenny Did The Investigation of Lucy Letby Louis Theroux: Into the Manosphere Project Hail Mary Links South Park King of the Hill Family Guy The Simpsons Full House Entourage Family Ties Family Matters? (not the correct show) America's Funniest Home Videos Australia's Funniest Home Videos Trainspotting Charlie Rose scandal #MeToo Arrested Development Sex and the City Seinfeld Strangers With Candy  Game of Thrones A Song of Ice and Fire Outlander Helen Reddy Axis of Awesome Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Breaking Bad Westworld The Brady Bunch Co-narcissism aka Charlie Sheen Everything Everywhere All at Once Futurama Barbie Stranger Than Fiction Snapped Hatchet job

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A speculative fiction podcast by Jeff Richardson and friends, in which they dive deeply into the text of a variety of stories from all manner of different media.

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